largesse
largesse
Definition
lar·gesse (lär jes′, lär′jis)
noun
- generous giving, as from a patron
- a gift or gifts given in a generous, or sometimes showy or patronizing, way
- nobility of spirit
Etymology: ME largesse < OFr < large, large
largesse
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- distribute: That hangs poorly with the fact that NESTA is meant to be distributing public largesse.
- receive: One thing is, however, clear: Northern Ireland is not going to receive any further public expenditure largesse.
- enjoy: Whilst the public is subjected to " market discipline " , however, multinationals continue to enjoy the largesse of the Bank.
Adjective modifier
- such: Of course, they and their advisers will use ISAs, PEPs and all such fiscal largesse with glee.
- corporate: Corporate largesse will never provide more than an uneven patchwork of disease-specific interventions.
- public: One thing is, however, clear: Northern Ireland is not going to receive any further public expenditure largesse.
- financial: Would John Prescott allow any elected regional assembly to have the same financial largesse allowed to the Scottish executive?
- fiscal: Of course, they and their advisers will use ISAs, PEPs and all such fiscal largesse with glee.
- socialist: There were times when the Square Mile took almost masochistic delight in the chancellor's heady mixture of fiscal rectitude and socialist largesse.
Noun used with modifier
- lottery: Nevertheless, in contemporary usage the term has become synonymous with public access to the Internet, social inclusion, broadband and Lottery largesse.
- spending: The chancellorâs Pre-Budget Report statement may well signal to many departments an end to the public spending largesse.
- state: As ever, the prime beneficiaries of state largesse would appear to be the middle classes.
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